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Yang Xu
Researcher at China University of Mining and Technology
Publications - 12
Citations - 149
Yang Xu is an academic researcher from China University of Mining and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Natural convection & Fin. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 19 citations.
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Effect of metal foam with two-dimensional porosity gradient on melting behavior in a rectangular cavity
TL;DR: In this article, a two-dimensional porosity gradient (MFTDPG) was proposed to further accelerate the melting process inside the rectangular cavity, which can reduce the total melting time by 7.65% and 3.37% respectively.
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Parameter analysis and fast prediction of the optimum eccentricity for a latent heat thermal energy storage unit with phase change material enhanced by porous medium
TL;DR: In this article, the melting performance of porous-medium-enhanced phase change material (PCM) in a horizontal shell-and-tube latent-heat thermal energy storage unit (LHTESU) with eccentric structure is studied through a fixed-grid numerical method.
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Melting behavior of the latent heat thermal energy storage unit with fins and graded metal foam
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a structure with fins and graded metal foam to further enhance thermal performance, and the porosity of the metal foam increases gradually from the inner tube to the outer shell to reduce thermal resistance and improve thermal conduction globally.
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Effect of the circumferential and radial graded metal foam on horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit
TL;DR: In this paper, a two-dimensional porosity gradient structure was proposed for the problem of slow melting rate and non-uniform melting in the horizontal shell-and-tube LHTESU.
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A half-analytical correlation of total melting time for shell-and-tube latent-heat thermal energy storage unit
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new concept of dimensionless total melting time in view of the nonlinear dynamic characteristic of latent-heat thermal energy storage unit (LHTESU).